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The end of the year and early 2025 are shaping up to be exciting times for performance junkies like myself. The arrival of the latest iPhone and Android flagships sporting the newest silicon from Qualcomm and MediaTek tout huge performance gains for everything from gaming and networking to AI and image processing. In lieu of many other spec upgrades, faster performance seems to be the next-gen’s biggest selling point.
However, from a buyer’s perspective, I don’t think these are the most exciting phones on the market right now and might not be the ones you should be spending your money on either. Hear me out.